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* [PATCH 1/2] readline: Fix potential buffer overflow
@ 2016-01-05  8:25 Sascha Hauer
  2016-01-05  8:25 ` [PATCH 2/2] readline: Fix potential buffer overflow in command history Sascha Hauer
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From: Sascha Hauer @ 2016-01-05  8:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
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cread_add_char doesn't take the trailing '\0' into account, so adding
it at the end of readline can overflow the buffer.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
 lib/readline.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/readline.c b/lib/readline.c
index c007e10..4c9bb76 100644
--- a/lib/readline.c
+++ b/lib/readline.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static void cread_add_char(char ichar, int insert, unsigned long *num,
 
 	/* room ??? */
 	if (insert || *num == *eol_num) {
-		if (*eol_num > len - 1) {
+		if (*eol_num > len - 2) {
 			getcmd_cbeep();
 			return;
 		}
-- 
2.6.2


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